I've had a coil spring slip out of those two outside clamp type
compressors (a strut from my old Buick Century). Luckily I was smart
enough to keep well away from it, so when the strut mount shot up and
hit the roof of the garage it missed me. Hit me in the head coming
down, which was bad enough, but I'd probably had a broken jaw otherwise.
Compress automotive springs with great care and respect!
Not just springs, either. My friend Hans was telling me mechanic
stories from his just out of school days in the early 60s. The had an
old German car in the shop (I don't remember the make) where the rear
drums sat on tapers, and were always stuck. They had one that refused
to move in spite of the beefiest guy in the shop applying all the
strength he had on the puller, and it was time for lunch. All but
Hans went out, but he'd brought something and was sitting in the break
room eating where there was a terrific crash from the shop, followed
by the sound of all the spare parts in the store room falling off
their shelves.
The drum had finally let go, shot across the shop into the store room
and up the wall, dumping most of the stock of parts onto the floor.
If they'd been working on it when it came off, one of them would
likely have been seriously injured or killed.
Makes you think, eh?
Peter
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